I found 14 Volvos in the woods!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ส.ค. 2024
- A friend shared my info with a lovely lady with a Volvo collection left in the woods. Sadly, her husband passed last year and is trying to clear the property in order to keep up with bills.
Since her husband had the best taste in cars, worked on them professionally and kept plenty of parts available, this stash of cars is just about good enough to drive. Most of them anyway.
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Enjoy this walk around!
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I am sorry, but many usa cars are for Europeans not intresting, and visa versa
Hi Franky! I post the things that I find interesting. People that subscribe find it interesting. Thankfully, if people dont find it interesting they won’t subscribe. This will keep interested people happy!
im american but pretty much exclusively have interest in forgotton european cars. They have souls. Pretty much all American cars have utterly no interest to me.
@@geoffreycarter3981 I do prefer old Euro cars myself. I like tinkering on almost anything when given the chance.
Im european and I LOVE the quad version of the volvo 244
Love how your wife is part of this channel. Great duo
Its nice to have her around!
What the heck!? Our woods produce mosquitos and iguanas and yours produce old volvos!?!? I need to move!
They are everywhere!
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Her husband had great cursive writing. Indeed a vanishing talent in this day & age. Love that old school writing & that blue on blue 242 would be my choice any day!
I was quite envious of his penmanship. Long lost are the days of writing.
Great video, please save the 242's, they are rarer than you think. 10-15 years ago, not so much, but very rarely will you ever see one on the road anymore. Keep up the great work!
They will be saved!!
@@DeanofMachines Just on my way to write the same thing. These 2dr are becoming really hard to get hold of here in Sweden and the prices are rising rapidly. Thank you for taking care of these cars.
242GT's in Australia are now considered a collectible classic vehicle.@@b-swede5971
@@b-swede5971 the blue one needs a home in sweden!
Ann is a friend of mine and John that spoke to you on the phone. I bought the 2 vw buses and the newer van from her. I will be dragging them out next week! Wish me luck!
Good luck! Don’t hit any volvos please lol. I should be there next weekend too!
I hope to not! It’s a shame that they all can’t be saved! Good luck, I the blue 242 is definitely worth passing along to someone because I know for a fact 80%+ of these will be scrapped.
@@GZTOYOTA we have a plan for saving many of them, we will be talking to Ann and John later this week.
Save them! Save them! Save them!
For me the silver 740 turbo would have to come home with me ❤
It can be yours!!
@DeanofMachines unfortunately I'm in England, would it drive home? Haha that would be a good video!..
What are the prices of those cars?
Dude what a find! Honestly can’t believe they are all going for scrap. That green 242 😉
They WERE going to scrap ;)
300td turbo spotted! what a dream place to be. There is definitely something for everyone! Thanks for sharing
Im tempted to grab the 300td
@@DeanofMachines Sounds good! They are great cars too. Im currently working with my 240td. I also have 300td at the backyard waiting for its turn. Old diesel mercs are just something..
@@MrMaze. I love old mercs. Have a 220SEB 2 door like in this collection. Mine is similar in condition.
The blue 2 door has rims from a real early 760. They were super rare. I had an 89 740 in the 90's and the previous owner swapped to the same rims. Really made my car stand out.
Do you remember the name of the rims? I cant remember!
I think Sirius?@@DeanofMachines
@@dm8212 maybe? I can’t remember
I have those as My winter wheels
Sad to see these gems rotting away. Here in Norway they are mad expensive and a true classic.
Im saving as many as i can!
I love seeing old 200's but at the same time it was depressing to see the condition of these. I hope you can save some of them.
They are mostly parts cars that have been used to save others
I don’t know what it is about a manual crank sunroof but it adds a touch of elegance and class to a car.
Elegance and class might not be how I describe it…
I would probably walk away from all these cars. I have no doubt some better ones will come your way. Cannot wait to see you fixing that black one.
Its a lot of good parts though!
Love the videos. Nice to see your wife is into it as well. A very good friend of mine has a 93 240 5 speed that he's had since he was 16. That's his baby.
Volvo people do love their Volvos!
Nice to see Renault's close to Volvo's. Those two brands have been very close for many years, Renault almost bought Volvo in the 90's, and about a decade later, Volvo Trucks bought Renault Trucks.
I don’t know if it was better or worse that Ford bought Volvo.
@@DeanofMachines I guess we'll never know, and it doesn't matter anymore since it now belongs to Geely. And since it does, they have been doing some very nice things.
Hey Dean! What a great place! Thanks for filming it. A bit sad to see it all go to scrap. Hope you get some part or maybe save one of them. I liked the blue and green 242s.
I loooove the green 242!
That Renaults would be Renault 5's some say they rusted in the showroom. The type of car you would see on every every streetcorner back in the early 80's but none of them are left now.
You are correct my friend! When I lived in in Japan I had a chance to buy a r5 turbo(the group b version)
It would have been my only car to rely on! As you can imagine, I did not trust reliability.
Oh man! Look forward to seeing what you saved. So many parts too! 😮, those U.S square lights go for big money here in the uk.
Being a 940 man now I'll have that turbo car please, along with the pretty rare bmw 745 and nissan 300z.
Great to see your subs climbing up too dude, lets get you to 10k 🤘
Thanks man! I know youve been around since the early days and i want you to know, it’s greatly appreciated
FYI: one of the things I noticed with 240s after years of prospecting them at the junkyards, on the early to mid build 240s, the pinstripes almost always matches the color of the interior.
Thats an accurate observation! I’ve never put that together.
I wonder if David Bello might be interested in buying any of these cars! He loves restoring these older Volvos. I think there's a handful of these cars that can be saved and the ones that are crashed could be used as parts cars!
Plenty of parts available here! David has my email and is welcome to reachout
I liked the early 80's vw pickup that was in front of a blue volvo, those are pretty rare.
Yeah! The vws already have homes!
As much as I love 240's the majority of those are long past their prime and beyond saving.
Yeah. Many are parts cars. Some are savable
I like the 745, the German one 😁
I think the 242’s are becoming very rare now, especially here on European market.
I might have to buy that german 745i!
Maybe, but I am afraid that the rust already killed the car.
I have your back with the 242 preservation project!
I appreciate that!
I think you should save the silver 740 turbo and the blue 242 because those were complete and pretty nice. i have a white volvo 244gl from 1990 it’s rusty in the back fenders but other than that it’s nice and good old runing car 😀
Im partial to the 242s in general!
Would love the turbowagons. 945 and 745. Would love to have the gtx front with Chrome grill an the Canadian front end. Rare as hell over here in sweden!. I have a 244 with the round headlights 75 year model, orange with Brown interior and and runt issues but Will run soon. Reliable B20 with for on the floor. Starts and runs like a champ. Have a 97 945 turbo, 245 1977 turbo converted. (945 turbo engine with harness) 244 88 white with blue interior. Love watching this show. keep it up these cars deserve the rescue ESPECIALLY the black 242!. that is rare over here!.
Thank you for the love! I wish I could send these cars to sweden!!
My 1st Volvo was a green 1983 242 DL exactly like that one in your video. It was only 15 years old when I bought it and it already had major wiring issues. 😂
Nooooo!!! Poor 242. Luckily now theres ways to save things!
Now that's a stash!
Sad that they let all of them deteriorate so bad, looked like they had a nice patina 10 years ago, but now......?
I'm not sure about your preference, but if the Lady would part with the 220SE or the W124 300D for a small sum I would definitely suggest you haul them home.
Especially since you have a head start on the star brand already😉
Otherwise the 242 is always a good content car.
It's a nice dilemma to have Dean.
220 se is spoken for.
Currently we have claimed all the volvos to try and save what we can. Need to workout fine details but I think I can find homes for everything
Those diesel Rabbits would be the thing for me to grab! Here in the UK a mk1 Golf (as we call them) are worth there weight in gold! Great find....
I want one but they are veeerry rough condition
Hi! Keep going! I enjoy your videos so much! Nice blue and green 242s.
Thank you!! I try to make them enjoyable for everyone! Most of these old Volvos will be saved!
Sad to see the guy had to leave all those beauties in the woods!
They were good cars at one point. But also, whats an 84 244 really worth?
@@DeanofMachines true!
For her sake, sucks that her “inheritance” is mere scrap value. Looks like she’s got lots of fond memories with him though. She seemed to really light up reading/sharing his notes with y’all.
Wow what a situation. Please find a collection of 164's next haha. Great find
That would be cool! I don’t think I have seen one in person, ever!
Only half way into video and I'm really hoping you save that light blue 242
Scotia Blue is my favorite Volvo color.
the 84 white sedan and the green 244 are interesting to me (besides the blue 242)
Those doors/sliding plexiglass windows things at a glance looked like side curtains for a 60s British car like a an MG Midget or an Austin Healey Sprite
I was thinking mg or triumph
I'd like to jet wash everything here....focused on the wife😂😂😂😂
Was the old lady British??
She certainly sounded like it
Awesome video Dean 👍
Anne has a very noticed South African accent! Shes a really fun lady to talk to and she has agreed to do an interview!
@@DeanofMachines What an awesome lady
Great watch thanks.
Thanks for stopping by!
The bronze GLE had to be an 81 or 82. My grandfather had a new white ‘81 GLE (same window trim) as his retirement car. In 82 my best friend’s mom had a new GL sedan in that same bronze. It was not a common color. 83 (maybe 84?) and
up cars switched to the smaller black bumpers when the federal bumper standards were relaxed to 2.5 mph. I think the GLE trim was discontinued on the 240 in 83 as the 760 GLE had been introduced as the new range topper. Had to be hard to walk away from the 242’s
That's pretty good! We have decided it's a 1981 264 based on the bumpers and trim. Turns out I was wrong about when and why 5 and 6 panel taillights showed up.
Who said I walked away from any of them ;)
I liked the early 242 and the 84 with the blue interior.
Those are both great choices!
That BMW E23 745 could be a South African car with F1 derived M88 6 throttle engine. If European 745 then it’s turbo - either would be very special.
Well then. It might be worth investigating.
I restored an E23 735i manual. It’s of course rust which is the kiss of death to these - especially front floor pans and inner front wings…and the trunk…and the rockers. 🙂
Nice! 👌😀👍from Sweden🇸🇪
Halloooo Sweden!
@@DeanofMachinesI have had three Volvos, one Volvo 445 Estate 1958, one 142 1969 and one 1971😉😀👍
Nice find! They are getting tricky to source down in FL!
You want any of these?
Its kind dificult because I would save the 242s and get the turbo stuff including the ecu’s engines from the 740 series to install them in the 242s
Thats what i was thinking!!
Brown metallic 245 is an '85. The brown metallic GLE is a 1981 264, btw.
Thank you!
Snagging those 940s for the engines alone would be worth it. Pretty great 740 wagon which you should snag! Factory undercoat shouldn't be too rusty right?
All the Volvos are currently spoken for and most will not be scrapped.
Those 740 headlights sell for between 600-1000 dollars in sweden (6000-10000 swedish crones)
You are right!!
Man that GLE looks fine! Maybe buy a couple, wash them and sell them to some 240 lovers?
I like the way you think!
They're worth $150 each. Know when to hold/food em😊
Ha! If only! I don’t want to rip the lady off. I can definitely help her move some cars though!
What a tragedy..
The first question one asks when seeing such a graveyard for a particular car brand is: was this a project by a Volvo super-enthusiast who later lost all ability to do anything..?
What happened to him ?, was he alone ?, got sick ?, died ..?
Why didn't anyone else take over and take care of the cars..?
A bunch of questions that arise..
He previously repaired Volvos and other euro cars. Many of them are parts cars. He did get older and eventually became ill for several years.
You need to save those 242s those are the rare ones dude!
Im working on it!!!
Draco was a turbo rim on the 740 turbo in sweden. Exept the last year it was 16" hydra. My good you have some nice parts there. The crome grill on the 240s costs around 200-300 $ here in sweden. Really rare
Its very funny to me that the chrome grilles are worth so much! In usa people don’t like them!!
@@DeanofMachines i agree 😄 have only the 93 grille on mine 240s
Thank goodness you didn’t wear your crocs out there.
I figured Id be bushwhacking lol
Those older BMW 7 series and the VW busses are worth very big $$$ once fixed up. However many of the parts for those cars are either obsolete or prohibitively expensive if you can find them so in many cases you may either have to get creative with aftermarket stuff or in some cases you might even have to try and fabricate these parts from scratch. It would be a big undertaking but a very good investments. A lot of those older BMWs have the Bosch jetronic fuel system and when those cars sit for long periods of time the entire fuel system gets gummed up and corroded and you have to replace everything. With parts and labor it's typically upwards of $3k just to sort out the fuel system and possibly get the car running. That being said, yes it would make for some good content but everything adds up quickly in terms of costs so you have to budget wisely. Good luck with everything!
Youre right!!
Carroll County!?! No way!! I grew up in Carrollton!! 😮❤
Its a small world
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Agree with others. Most of those cars are pretty rough. Would be a challenge even getting them out of those woods, need chainsaw and loppers to cut out the trees and saplings. I'm really sad for the widow who could probably use money, but I'm not sure how to make it financially viable for anyone except for pick & pull junkyard type harvesting of parts? Then she'd be left with rusting hulks. appreciate the tour through old volvo, mercedes, and VW land. Would be cool to have a pressure washing marathon on site with a huge water tank and lots of gas for the pressure washer(s)!
Im not so worried about moving the cars, I am however concerned about finding new homes!
Maybe some of the others following your YT channel or the Turbobricks community will snap up some of the 14 Volvos? It's amazing how many rescue-able Volvos you've come across in GA. I can only focus and have room enough for one at a time, and my 84 242 TIC M46 is enough to keep me busy for now. Really enjoy your channel. Thanks for providing us with great content.
@@algarcia7893 im working on finding homes for all!
You better get that scotia blue 242 so we can be twins!
Its my favorite 240 color.
Where is this place? I will save one if I can! My favorite one was definitely the green 242 or one of the 740’s
740s are available! We are trying to avoiding having people show up at this property. Email me and we can workout details
So differnt from your Volvos in sweden, the Wide taillamps came 83 here for exempel only 260 got them earlyier
I find it funny how different markets got different things.
I hope you understand that those old mercedesses are valuable for project cars or older cars to keep in condition. New parts are not available
I would like to save one!
Z 31 you never looked at? That is a really rare thing to find. If it is In good shape and all there. Plz let get some more information on it please. Thx 🙏
I believe it is spoken for already.
That blue Bertone 242 is a great car to buy with the 4 cylinder engine. That's always the most preferable version to buy over the 6 cylinder or Diesel engines from what I've been told.
It’s available if you want it!
@@DeanofMachines If I wasn’t so broke right now I would totally buy it. But it’s not in the financial picture for me atm unfortunately. But I bet that David Bello or perhaps someone who he knows would be interested in purchasing a handful of these cars for sure.
@@mds2465 Bello is on the other coast
@@DeanofMachines Yeah I know that but perhaps he might have some connections in this area or perhaps Robert Spinner (aka. RobertDIY) would have some people in mind as well.
@@mds2465 maybe!
Those 740 headlights s 29:21 ell for between 600-1000 dollars in sweden (6000-10000 swedish crones)
They are a little less rare here in the states
Snagging that 940 or slicktop 740 is intriguing.
Silver 745 has title. Can make it happen. Will not have BBS wheels on it though.
@DeanofMachines Not really worried about the BBS wheels. Are they really only looking to get scrap value for these cars?
@@Darthvolvo I am going to attempt to clean and start/troubleshoot what I can and then market the cars for Ann so she can get fair value. Many will be scrap due to rust or lack of rust.
@@DeanofMachines Gonna email you about that 740 wagon today! I have questions 🤔
@@Darthvolvo info@deanofmachines
It's a cryin' shame. The demand that is out there for restorable VW vans and here are two that could have been sold some time ago. Same with the Volvos. Sure, not all of them are high demand models but it's just a shame to see these deteriorate to the point where they are unsalvageable and that sweet Human really has nothing but a headache. Sigh. I hope someone scoops up the blue one...
You and me both :)
Those W123s could bring a few quick dollars
Someone else has spoken for them already
Ahh yeah not surprised
Oh no, that green 242 can't go to scrap. Where were they in Georgia?
Green 242 is spoken for :)
A shame these were neglected for so long and in this way. 740 turbo looks half-decent.
Definitely savable
Very rare to see so many Volvos today at one place even here in sweden. Please send me the 745 turbo😅i.m also a Bmw nerd😊you must save the Bmw 745 turbo, worth a lot of money If its not in bad shape, or take the engine and put it in a e12 or e28😊
So Im hearing a lot of this car! I think something must be done!
Volvo owners have a certain image in this part of the world, but damn, if I wouldn't love a 242. Also, if it hasn't got the wood marble seat cover, don't even talk to me.
Wood marble seat cover for the win!!!
Those 740 usa front light are +-1000€ in finland😅
You can have the whole car for that much!
@@DeanofMachines just saw one pair sold for 1200€
I have never seen a 242 in the UK. Would be a shame to see all those Volvo's go to scrap.
I am saving most of them. The rough ones will be used as parts!
@@DeanofMachines That's great to hear Dean. Keep up the great work of saving what you can.
I would be interested in 940 us headlights not the 1990 style 740 ones but the real 940 headlights
The ones with foglights in the center? If that car gets parted Ill let you know
@@DeanofMachines yeah im from Sweden but don’t like the euro lights I could send you a pair of euros if you want
@@Holmbergihergi1 I like the sound of that! Send me an email,
info@deanofmachines.com
We can arrange something.
Very few of them saveable... But at what cost ??? And at what effort ??? That's ze question...😁
Great question!
Damn it usa. Give us some of those quads!!!!!
They can be purchased through our membership program!
You willin' to share some old volvos? Can never have too many projects...
Shoot me an email and we can discuss
Theres a channel Budget Buildz, id love to see these diesel volkswagens go to his hands
I believe they are spoken for
@@DeanofMachines well atleast they arent going to a scrapyard.
Id love to come pick some cars up but its a long way from Finland👍
@@onnikilkki7423 most are not !
@@DeanofMachines that good to hear!👍
I would almost be insulted if you didn’t get the 242.
Not for me but the green is going to a good home.
i would die and spend a whole day there with those cars. dream land I would want to take them all home.
Spoiler alert. I bought most of them.
i've since clicked on your channel and seen most them on trailers! haha Working on old Volvos is like playing with Legos it's so fun and satisfying.
Hope your channel helps to bring you success!@@DeanofMachines
@@geoffreycarter3981 Welcome to the channel my friend! I think you will like it here.
A pair of Volvo USA headlights costs a 1000 bucks
Yeah! They go for a lot of money!!
GLE There you have a Nice modell Wide lists b23e engine m46 transmission and Electric luxiry
Im not sure if it was manual! It might be.
How much that lady would want for those Rabbits? Really all of them are diesel?
The rabbits are spoken for
If you can get that Mercedes coupe out of there, go for it! Thats the best car in the video.
I already have one of those. Also, its already spoken for.
Pity for the Renaults 5...
They are in show room condition! Rust and all!!
Yeah Draco are for turbo cars
Yessir!!
Very depressing seeing these cars in that condition. Sigh! 🙁
I understand! These cars are mostly parts cars from long ago!
Going to shoot you an email about one car in particular - thanks for sharing.
It's an '81 264 GLE Woodside Tan Metallic paint with black interior.
info@deanofmachines.com
Woaah
There are many cars out there!
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Crazy not one of those cars got hydra wheels🤔
Right? No Virgos, no hydras.
Not intrested in vw Diesel, those engines where shared with the audi's of that time...
Old vw diesels are fun for a little while
Soooooooooo sad.......... 😥😥
Don’t be sad my friend! Im working on saving them.
Hi are the usa spec headlights forsale from the black 945 turbo and the cables for them. // Arvid Sweden
Not yet! But maybe soon?
Do you guys have to put them hideous head lights in em
Which are you talking about? The 4square? Its a USDM spec
Why only volvos
There are some others
I have volvo 245 1978=)
You have good taste in cars my friend!!
Heart@@DeanofMachines
740 turbo have Draco
I think you’re right!!!
Volvo Land nice
Yessssir!
Volvo Engines are undustructable if you know what you are dooing. Those are like tanks on wheels
We do love our Volvos around here, if you havent noticed…